How do I install FC3 from CD's

Tony Dietrich td at transoft.demon.co.uk
Sun Jan 23 11:54:05 UTC 2005


On Sunday 23 Jan 2005 11:51, Tony Dietrich wrote:
> On Sunday 23 Jan 2005 11:41, Kumara wrote:
> > Dear Sir,
> > I downloaded FC3 iso images (that is SRPM) 4CDs and 1 Rescue disk. then I
> > made CDs from iso images. but I can not boot from the first disk. at the
> > root of the disk, there is a folder called SRPM and some text and other
> > files only
> >
> > i am not sure which set of iso images to download for this purpose. I'm
> > still new to Linux.
> >
> > I am again going to download the next set of iso images to try
> >
> > please, direct me to get my box with FC3.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> > Mohan
>
> Mohan
>
> You don't need the SRPM images to install Fedora ... you need the RPM
> images.
>
> The SRPMS are additional resources if you ever want to tweak the programs.
>
> Check you've burnt the iso's as data discs, not as images.


Eugh, I'm not awake this morning, its the other way round

CORRECTION:
Check you've burnt the iso's as images, not as data discs.

>
> You need to burn the iso's that you downloaded onto the cd's as images. 
> Check the help files for your CD-burning software for the right options.
>
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> Tony Dietrich
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